I was wrong about Jeremy Corbyn becoming PM, says Tony Blair

Tony Blair had previously said that Labour could not win with a hard-left policy agendaCARL COURT/GETTY IMAGES

Jeremy Corbyn could be elected prime minister on a left-wing platform, Tony Blair has conceded.

The former prime minister had repeatedly said that it was impossible for Mr Corbyn to emulate his electoral success with a hard-left policy agenda, but after Labour’s unexpected gains at the general election Mr Blair said he had changed his mind.

“You have to say in today’s world now there have been so many political upsets it’s possible Jeremy Corbyn could become prime minister and Labour could win on that programme,” he said in an interview with Newsnight, which will be broadcast on BBC Two tonight.

“For most of my political life I’ve been saying, ‘I think this is the right way to go and what’s more it’s the only…